Aww … poor little ISPs.

  • Queen HawlSera@lemm.ee
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    It’s why the “Oh the Free Market will sort itself out” is such a bullshit claim.

    My five year old who just got shot at the fifth school shooting this month is just gonna have to buckle down and be patient while I compare quality of service and cost of… the one hospital in town and… that one in the next county ever.

    /s

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        I have run into many people making that claim.

        Online, offline, politicians, etc.

        And on the free market isnt sorting itself out - the claim is usually that the gubment is still not letting the market be free enough. That’s usually the claim, for example, from all the right-wingers I know for when they get cornered on why health care costs are 1000% ridiculous.

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        It’s like the national anthem. It’s drilled into our heads since birth, but no one actually knows it.

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          I mean, if you perform it enough times, you tend to retain it. But then, I have some Carmina Burana and Palestrina memorized for the same reason.

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            9 years I had to sing it. I don’t remember it past The first two lines. But I like to block things like that out in my head.

      • ChojinDSL@discuss.tchncs.de
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        Republicans: “Free market!” Also republicans: “Buy American” “we need to ban Chinese companies from importing and selling goods in the u.s.” “Outsourcing labor is just smart business”